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No. 4551961. Patented July 14, 1891-.

UNITED- STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

CLINTON H. BRANDT, OF ALTENIVALD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO VILLIAM S. REED, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR CONVERTING MOTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,961, dated July 14, 1891. Application filed March 17, 1891. Serial No. 385,889. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: sponding parts throughout all the different -Be it known that l, CLINTON II. BRANDT, a figures of the drawings. citizen of the United States, residing at Alien: A designates the main frame of my imwald, in the county of Franklin and State of proved machine for converting reciprocatory Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and into rotary motion, or vice versa. This frame useful Improvements in Machines for 0011- may be of any suitable and desirable form, verting Motion; and I do hereby declare the shape, size, and arrangement, preferably, as following to be a full, clear, and exact deshown in the drawings, consisting, simply, of scription of the invention, such as will enable two parallel uprights, which permit the sev- [0 others skilled in the art to which it appereral shafts belonging to the device to be proptains to make and use the same. erly journaled therein. This frame A may s G i O P8133068 all improvement be situated in the horizontal position shown in in machines for converting reciprocatory into Fig.1 or in the upright position shown in Fig. rotarymot-ion, the machine being in reality 3, where the frame is designated A. In fact,

I5 a new and improved device for use in conit may be situated in any position, so as to nection with the reciprocatingshaft ofawindadapt it the better for the work which the mill or other similar machine, the object of machine may be designed at any particular theinvention being to provide a simple, cheap, time to perform. and efficient movement or converting device B denotes a vibrating or oscillating frame,

20 to be applied to a windmill or other machine which is pivoted at B to the main frame. for converting the motion derived therefrom, The frame B is of any suitable and desirso that it may be conveniently applied fol able form. It is provided with the handle D, 9 usein any desired manner and for any dewhich is intended to be easily grasped by the sired purpose, either at a point adjacent to hand of the operator for the purpose of Vi- 25 the derivative machine or at a point distant brating the same. This frame is provided therefrom; and the invention therefore conwith a slot 0, preferably of a curved form, sists in the construction, arrangement, and having its two edges curved in parallel arcs. combination of parts, substantially as will be The size of this slot may vary considerably, hereinafter described and Claimedof course, in the actual construction of the 0 In the annexed drawings, illustrating my vibrating frame; but it preferably has a invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my width sufficient to accommodate between it improved machine for converting V motion. certain gear-wheels, which will hereinafter Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 isa side elebe described. The parallel curved edges of vation showing the machine arranged in a the slot (J are provided with toothed bars 5 dilferent position from What it is in Fig. 1, so or racks. These teeth may be integral with that it may be adapted for a different purthe edge of the slot, or they may be formed pose. Fig.4 is apartial side elevational view on strips secured to the edges of the slots. of one of the gear-wheels'having the ratchet- Furthermore, it will be noted that the pivot teeth. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the interon which the frame B'oscillates is the cen- 4o mediate pawl-provided disk which lies be ter of the concentric circles of which the tween the two gears 011 the main shaft. Fig. parallel curved edges of the slot are arcs.

6 is a partial side elevation of the larger of Obviously, therefore, one of the toothed edges these two gears, showing the ratchet-teeth, or barsthat which is situated thefarthest with which it is provided. Fig. 7 is a transfrom the pivot or ceuter-will have a longer 5 verse section of the larger and smaller gears radius than the other toothed edge or bar, 5 and the intermediate pawl provided disk which is situated a shorter distance from the which lies between them, the shaft on which pivot or center on which the vibrating frame these three elements are mounted being also swings. represented, but in elevation. F denotes the toothed bar having the longer 50 Likeletters of reference designate correradius, and F the toothed bar having the 10 shorter radius. Said racks F and F are therefore preferably of unequal length, the one of the shorter radius having the shorter length. When the device is in the position shown in Fig. 1,the vibrating frame B is moved up and down by means of the handle D-that is to say, it is oscillated vertically. When the device is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the vibrating frame is moved from right to left. that is to say, by grasping the handle D the vibrating frame is oscillated horizontally.

The frame Bis provided with a flange 13, which lies in a groove beneath the guideflange T, which is securedv to the outside of the frame A, and by means of which, therefore, the frame is guided in its movements.

Referring to Fig. 1, E designates a vertical bar, which is adapted to reciprocate vertically. This bar may belong to a windmill and may be reciprocated by a connection with said mill. It may of course belong to any other kind of a machine and may derive its actuating-power from any source. As represented in Fig. 1, it moves in guides at a, secured to the main frame A. It is provided with a horizontal projecting pin a, which enters a slot I) cut in a suitable part of the frame Bas, for instance, in one of its spokes when said frame is made in the skeleton pattern shown in Fig. 1. Slot b is long enough to give the pin 0 sufficient play during the oscillation of the frame B. As the rod or bar E moves up and down it will be clearly manifest that the result thereof will be to oscillate the frame B. Thus it will be seen that this oscillating or vibrating frame may be actuated either by hand or by connection with some suitable power applied thereto by a shaft driven by some machinery.

In the mainframe A (or A, as the case may be) there is journaled a horizontal shaft L, having thereon a gear-wheel M. Parallel to shaft L is another shaft J, carrying a small pinion K, which meshes with the gearwheel M. (See Fig. 2.) The shaft J also carries a band wheel or pulley J on the end thereof outside of the frame A. This wheel J may serve as a balance- Wheel or as a pulley to carry off power to any suitable machinery which it may be desired to run. On the shaft L are also two gear-wheels H and I. These wheels are loose on shaft L. Between them is an intermediate disk R, having a suitable hub projecting on each side and keyed to the shaft L. (At this point observe particularly Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7.) The gear-wheels II and I have their faces which are opposite each other, or, in other words, their faces which lie next to the intervening disk, are provided with recesses, the edges of which recesses are notched to form ratchetteeth. Thus the wheel H is provided with a series of ratchet-teeth h, cut in the edge of the recess in its face, and the gear I is provided with a circular series of ratchet-teeth 2', cut in the edge of the recess in its face. The disk R is provided on each side with a pair of pawls S S, suitably pivoted to the opposite faces of the disk.

s 3 denote springs acting against these pawls to force them into engagement with the ratchet-teeth h and 11, respectively. The ratchet-teeth of the two gears are cut with their points projecting downwardly, so that the pawls S S may operate properly in connection therewith. The gears II and I are of unequal diameter, the gear I being the larger. These gears H and I are so placed that the gear I will engage the rack-bar F and the gear II will engage rack-bar F. Since the rack-bar F is curved on an are having a shorter radius than the radius of arc of rackbar F, it will be obvious that the teeth thereof will travel through a shorter distance than the teeth of rack-bar F during each vibration of the frame B, and therefore it is necessary that the gear H, which engages the rack-bar F, should be of less diameter than the gear I, which engages the longer rack-bar, in order that the impulses of rotation which are given to the shaft L at each vibration of the frame B may be equal.

When the frame 13 is vibrated in one direction, it will be obvious that gear H will rotate in one direction and gearlwill rotate in a reverse direction. (See the arrows in Fig. 1. by the pawls S S on the disk R that it will be locked to said disk, and the rotation of the gear will be communicated to the shaft L, whereas the other gear will be moving in such a direction that the pawls S S on the side of the disk R will slip idly over the ratchet-teeth at the next vibration. The gear which was idle on the preceding vibration will become active, inasmuch as its direction of rotation will be reversed, and therefore it will engage the pawls and communicate arotative motion to the shaft L, while the other gear, which was active before, is now idle.

Thus at each vibration of the shaft B one of the gears will operate to communicate a rotary motion to the shaft L. The rotary motion of shaft L will be continuously forward or continuously backward, as the case may be, inasmuch as this actuation of the gears will result in rotating the shaft L continuously in one direction. Therefore the pulley J will be driven with apositive constant forward motion or backward motion, as the case may be.

My improved machine for converting reciprocatory into rotary motion may be placed in the position shown in Fig. 3, where the 0s cillating frame is seen as vibrating in a horizontal direction, and J designates the belt passing around the band-wheel J, which belt can be connected with any suitable machine or device which it may be desired to drive. Another application of my improved device for converting motion to do actual work is represented in dotted lines in Fig. 1. In this figure the frame B is shown as provided with a bar G, located at right angles to the handle One of these gears will be so engaged D and having, the pivot B, on which the oscillating frame swings, serving as a pivot on which the bar G can be vibrated. This bar is formed as a part of the vibrating frame and is located at the pivotal point B. O 0 denote, wires, cables, or cords connected to the opposite ends of the bar G; These cables or cords may have any suitable length, and therefore may be run to any desired distance, and their other ends are connected to the opposite ends of a bar 0, which is similar to bar G and is pivoted at its center at 0', said bar 0 being provided with an arm P, which is slotted, its slot receiving a pin on a rod or bar N. It will thus be seen that the oscillation of bar G will serve to oscillate the bar 0, and this will in turn communicate a reciprocatory motion to the rod N. Thus the power of myimproved device may be communicated to a pump or-other apparatus to actuate the same in any desired manner.

Numerous details and changes may be made in the construction and relative arrangement and adaptation of the several parts as experience may suggest, and I reserve the liberty of varying the details of the invention as necessity and practice may require or advise.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device for converting motion, the combination of an oscillating frame having a curved slot provided ,with parallel rack-bars and a horizontal shaft, together with gearwheels on said shaft-,and an intermediate pawl provided disk whose pawls engage ratchet-teeth formed in the faces of the said gears, which gears are engaged by the aforesaid rack-bars,.all combined and arranged so that when the frame is oscillated the shaft on which the gears are located will be rotated continuously in one direction.

2. As an improvement in means for con-' verting motion, the combination of a main frame, a vibrating frame pivoted thereto and provided with two parallel rack-bars, two gears situated loosely on a shaft and engaging the said rack-bars, and an intermediate pawl-provided disk keyed rigidly to the shaft between the gears, the pawls of said disk being set in recesses in the faces of the gears and engaging ratchet-teeth formed in said faces, all being arranged so that as the Vibrating frame oscillates the shaft may be rotated continuonsly in one direction.

3. The combination of the main frame, a vibrating frame pivoted thereto .having acurved slot, two rack-bars fixed at the opposite edges of said slot parallel to each other on arcs of concentric circles of which the pivotal point of the frame is the center, a shaft suitably journaled in the frame, two gears on said shaft, said gears being of unequal diameter and engaging the aforesaid rack-bars, an intermediate disk keyed rigidly to the said shaft between gears, said gears being provided on each side with a pair of pawls which are located within recesses in the faces of the gears and. engaging ratchet-teeth formed in said faces, and means for oscillating the vibrating frame, substantially as described.

4:. The combination of the main frame, the oscillating frame B, pivoted thereto andhaving the curved rack-bars F and F, the shaft L, the gears H and I, mounted loosely on said shaft, engaging the rack-bars, and having recessed faces provided with ratchet-teeth, the intermediate pawl-provided disk R, secured rigidly on the shaft between the two gears, the gear M, likewise on shaft L, parallel shaft J, having pinion K, intermeshing with gear M, and the wheel J on shaft J, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the main frame, the oscillating frame B, pivoted thereto at B and having handle D, the curved rack-bars F and F, arranged in the slot 0 of frame 13, the gear-wheels H and I on shaft I1, the intermediate pawl-provided disk R betweenthe gears H and I, the reciprocating rod E, having pin 0, entering slot b in frame B, and the mechanism for actuating rod E, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the vibrating frame B, having rack-bars F and F, of the gears H and I, engaging said rack-bars, said gears having recessed faces provided with ratchet-teeth h and 2', respectively, and said gears being loosely mounted on shaft L, and the disk It, securely keyed to the shaft L and provided on each side with a pair of pawls S, the springs s acting to force said pawls into engagement with the ratchet-teeth h and 'i, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, CLINTON H. BRANDT.

Vitnesses:

WM. R. KEEFER, D. K. WUNDERLICH. 

